First-aid-kit container



Much 2 1926.

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Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS P. HOWE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD OIL COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA,

FIRST-AID-KIT CONTAINER.

Application filed May 29, 1923. Serial No. 642,199.

To all w fromr it may concern Be it known that I, Louis I. Howe, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a certain new and usefulFirst-Aid-Kit Container, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a container for holding a kit or package containing materials and devices useful in first-aid treatment.

An object of the invention is to provide a first-aid kit container which is substantially dust-proof and waterproof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a first-aid container which is tightly closed and which may be quickly opened to provide access to the kit.V

Another object of the invention is to provide a first-aid kit container with means for attaching it to a support.

- The invention possesses other advantageous features, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth at length in the folr lowing description, whereI shall o'utline in full that form of my invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specication.

Referring to said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the first-aid kit" container of my invention, parts thereof being broken away to disclose the construction.

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on the line 2-2 Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the container shown in Figurel 1. U

Fig. 4 is a detail of the lower portion of the container showing a modified form of means for holding the closure in place.

First-aid kit containers are installed in factories, work rooms, service stations, and in other localities and in many instances are very infrequently used. as heretofore used, have not been dust-proof and moisture-proof, with thev result that when it is desired to use the materials and appliances in the container, they have often been found to be in a deleterious condition and often unfit for use in first-aid work. The container of my invention is substantially dust-proof and moisture-proof, so that the materials contained within the kit are always in excellent and serviceable @Ondition.

These containers.'

The device of my'invention comprises a metallic cylindrical container 3, closed at its upper end by a top wall 4 which is prcferably integral with the side wall of the container. The container is opened at its lower end and the side wall of the container preferably extends straight down to the lower end so that the mouth of the container is of the vsame diameter as the body of the container. Fitting snugly into the lower end of the container is the closure 5 having a flange 6 which fits into the open end of the container and forms a substantially dustproof and moisture-proof joint therewith. The closure is also preferably provided with a peripheral bead 7 which, when the closure is in place, contacts with the lower end of the container, to properly position the closure. The first-aid kit 8 containing the materials and devices for first-aid use is disposed within the container and rests against the bottom closure 5 so that when the closure is removed the kit falls out. Means are provided for holding the closure tightly in place against accidental removal In Figure 1 I have shown a bail 9 pivoted on pins 12 secured in the side wall of the container and extending under the closure 5, holding the closure tightly in place. The bail is preferably formed of wire, and at that portion which passes under the closure, it is bent to form a ring 13 so that the bail may be readily moved to release or secure the closure. A closure holding device of this nature is particularly adapted for use on a container which is to be used on vehicles, since the vibration of the vehicle might otherwise cause displacement of the closure. The closure is preferably rounded on its underside to facilitate the application of the bail and is provided with a. seat 111 in which the bail seats when it is in position to hold the clon sure in place. In Figure 4 I have shown a modified form of means for holding the closure in place, comprising a pin 15 on the flange 6 of the closure which seats in a bayonet slot 17 in the lower end of the container.

Means are provided for securing the container in vertical position to a fixed support and holding it spaced from such sup port. Secured to the container in any desirable manner, are one or more brackets 18 having apertured ears 19 which are adapted to receive screws er other fastening means.,

to secure the container in Vertical position. The ears are spaced backward from the container so that when the container is supported. in position, it is spaced from the support.

This provides a very simple and extremely efficient container .for a first-aid kit andy by arranging the closure at the bottom and causing it to forni a tight joint With the container, the entry of dust and moisture into the container' is reduced to a minimum so that the materialV and implements contained in the kit are preserved in excellent condition.

l: claim:

A irst aid kit container, comprising an elongated cylindrical inetalliecontainer having a top integral with the side wall of said container to present a sealed'upl-)er end and an open bottom endg7 a bottoni closure having an elongated cylindrical Wall and a circumferential bead, said bottom closure frictionally litt-ing;n snugly into the lower end et the container, said cylindrical bead ot' the bottom closure limiting the extentto which the bottom closure tits within the cylindrical Wall, and forming' a substantially dust-prooi'l joint With the bottom end of the container, means for holding the closure tightly into place but permitting its ready removal, brackets secured to the container' and' adapted to.receive means to hold the container in its vertical position to a support7 said bottom closure beingr concaved and adapted to support the articles Within the container.

ln testimony whereof, l have hereunto ect my hand.4 y y LOUIS. P. HGWE. 

